Sally T asked:


My paternal grandmother lived to be 83 years old despite having coronary artery disease and chronic atrial fibrillation for “years and years” as stated on her death certificate. Her official cause of death was stated as “congestive heart failure”. What I don’t understand is how my grandmother could live a relatively long life with her heart problems, yet my dad died from a massive heart attack at only age 53?

Kyle

purplelap asked:


I have it all over my body. My legs are swollen, my hands, chest, and even eye lids, and everything. My heart has been checked, I have been checked for blood clots, and everything else is working fine. I don’t eat a lot of salt in my diet. I usually get this way in hot weather but lately it has been cold under 30 degrees F. Any suggestions?

Rachael

rainyandstormydays asked:


I’ve had chest pains for about a year and a half already. I get them almost every day. Sometimes my heart will race really fast and about 10 minutes later I’ll have chest pains. When my heart is racing, from one beat to the next is slows down all of a sudden; it’s as if it has stopped, or will stop. Soo is a heart beat that beats really fast and then changes to slow suddenly potentially dangerous? What symptoms could this be related to?

Josue

jandismommie asked:


When my son was born he had to have surgery on his heart because he was born with several defects in his heart. He is starting to ask me lots of questions about his scar and what the doctors did and why he was born this way and his brother wasn’t, etc. I just don’t know how much detail I should tell and how to answer some of these questions. At what age should I explain in detail about what he went through and what is the best way to answer these questions so he can understand them? Thank You!

Hayden

Bob S asked:


I went to the Doctor because I have had chest pains for the past few years and I thought I’d get them seen to.

The Doc checked my blood pressure, blood oxygen, pulse, lung capacity and BMI and said they were all fine. Does this rule out heart-related problems or should they have done more tests?

Thanks.
By the way, I am only 14. Does that make a difference?

Kurtis

Brian asked:


I am sixteen years old and heart conditions run wild on both sides of my family. What is the best thing I can do in my youth to prevent these problems later in life?

Roy

LP asked:


Everytime I go to sleep at night my heart is beating so fast maybe 600 times a minute! it’s so fast…is this a problem?

Lawrence

Becca asked:


Its me again…can an EKG show any future problems that you may have a heart problem? Again this is for my health class. Im getting mixed reviews about Q waves and other stuff. Some people say it shows if you have any kind of heart problems while others says it doesn’t. whats the truth? Thanks!

Austin

BoomBox asked:


Okay so i hate going to amusement parks and not being able to ride the rollercoasters becouse of fear that, since ill get these sharp but quick heart pains every now and then(rarely, but once a month at least) I’m scared that might mean i have heart problems. And i LOVE roller coaster rush but i get scared that in the middle of the ride ill get a heart attack or something. Any help? How can i tell if i am “faint of heart”…..thank you.

Kennedy

Patrick D asked:


My grandpa had about 4 heart attacks and 5 congested heart failures and my grandmother had 2 major heart attacks so do i have a high risk or a low risk of developing a Heart problem.

Aaliyah